Chocolate mint quick fudge

My Sam has been the biggest force my kitchen has seen in quite a while. Whenever he’s home from school for any length of time, he wants to bake something. The day he made this fudge, he’d noticed a bag of chocolate mint chips in the pantry and didn’t stop pestering me until I said he could use them.

I have to admit that it’s kind of nice that there are a few recipes Sam can make on his own. This fudge became a favorite with the first bite. We love the whole chocolate and mint flavor combination, and one bite makes you think of peppermint patties. Yum. I think we were all a little disappointed to see it disappear so quickly, but it’s so easy to make that I guarantee it’ll be making a regular appearance around here.

That’s terrific that Sam is spending so much time in the kitchen. It will be really nice if he comes home wanting to cook dinner. That will never happen with my boys though they don’t mind giving me a hand while I cook.

Mint and chocolate don’t appeal to me off the bat but when I have some I’m always surprised at how good they actually are together.
~ingrid

I have to say, I think my waistline will be in trouble if ever my kids learn how to make ‘quick fudge’ on their own! Sometimes the only thing that keeps me from eating too many sugar-laden treats is the fact that I don’t want to take the time to make them! But if they’re just hanging around, with no effort from me… Watch out!